15 deserving Detroit students to receive scholarships totaling $100,000, with a top prize of $25,000, while five Influential Educators receive $1,000 classroom grants
DETROIT – May 12, 2021 – The Michigan Chronicle and TCF National Bank today announced the finalists for the sixth annual Michigan Chronicle/TCF Bank S.W.A.G. (Students Wired for Achievement and Greatness) Scholarship Awards. The $100,000 scholarship program, which bestows scholarships between $2,500 and $25,000, is aimed at high school seniors in Detroit with grade point averages ranging from 2.25-3.2 who are passionate about leadership and community service.
The 2021 SWAG student finalists are:
- Jordan Alexander – University of Detroit Jesuit High School
- Tiera Barnett – Cass Technical High School
- Carrington Cheatem – Cornerstone Health & Technology High School
- Damon Debose II – Renaissance High School
- Nathan Gilford – Renaissance High School
- Arthur Harrington – Cass Technical High School
- Shel’be Jenkins – Cass Technical High School
- Destiny Jenkins-Jones – King High School
- Alayna Jones – Cass Technical High School
- Leamon Jones – River Rouge High School
- Lourdes Knox – Renaissance High School
- Sanjida Nadia – Cass Technical High School
- Genesis Reed – Martin Luther King Jr. High School
- Amira Russell – Cass Technical High School
- Talmage Turner – Detroit School of Arts
“Our 2021 scholarship winners exemplify the spirit and tenacity we look for in students who receive these scholarships,” said Gary Torgow, executive chairman, TCF Bank. “It is important that we invest in the success of these students and help them realize their post-secondary education pursuits. We are proud to support these dynamic young leaders and look forward to seeing what the future holds for them.”
TCF has invested more than $750,000 in the S.W.A.G. program and special events since the program’s inception, with the goal of creating transformational impact in the communities it serves.
Building upon its commitment to invest in the lives of Detroit’s young leaders and in the future of businesses and communities it serves, TCF also provides five $1,000 school improvement grants to teachers, coaches, counselors, and other education support professionals at qualifying schools through the program’s Influential Educators Awards. The 2021 prize recipients are:
- Adam Alster – Renaissance High School
- Lisa Brooks – Detroit International Academy for Young Women
- Anita Crouch – Cass Technical High Schools
- Jacqueline Robinson – Southeastern High School
- DeCheena Tillman – Central High School
“It is without question that supporting our future leaders elevates us all,” says Hiram E. Jackson, publisher of the Michigan Chronicle. “The energy, talent, and commitment these students have shown at such a young age lets me know that the future is bright, and our communities are in good hands.”
Launched in 2015, the S.W.A.G. Scholarship Awards strive to ensure that more Detroit students who demonstrate leadership in areas other than academics have access to scholarship dollars.
More than a financial award, the S.W.A.G. Scholarship program is an investment into the future leaders it identifies each year. Through the program, awardees are offered internships and other enrichment opportunities beyond their graduation from high school.
Student award levels will be announced at a private celebration honoring the awardees on Sunday, June 13, 2021, at the Grandmont Rosedale Community Center.
About TCF: TCF Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: TCF) is a Detroit, Michigan-based financial holding company with $49 billion in total assets at March 31, 2021 and a top 10 deposit market share in the Midwest. TCF’s primary banking subsidiary, TCF National Bank, is a premier Midwest bank offering consumer and commercial banking, trust and wealth management, and specialty leasing and lending products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients. TCF has approximately 475 branches primarily located in Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota with additional locations in Colorado, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. TCF also conducts business across all 50 states and Canada through its specialty lending and leasing businesses. To learn more about TCF, visit tcfbank.com.
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